Alex “hey, all my former teammates in Toronto are going absolutely bonkers at the plate, so I’ll follow suit and go on a tear even though my newish teammates in Chicago have been colder than Siberia on a Thursday night in December” Rios went 1-for-4 to extend the streak of our leader, “postbud32″, to 25 games.

“postbud32″ is now 43.8 percent on his/her way to buying as many of these that exist in the whole wide world.

Well, I have Michael Young today after switching from Tex. Tex hits Baker great but he’s in a slump so not going that route. Young is hotter than hot right now but I like the numbers. Also I have Wells in HR BTS as wind is blowing towards that way in Anaheim and Reds in Survivor to try to get to 4 in Survivor.

I don’t know if I should go with Cano or M. Young. Both are really hot right now and they both have great numbers against the starting pitchers. I think I’m going to go with Cano though because I like the lefty-righty match-up. What does everyone else think?

schenk – Don’t give up on Survivor – Do what I do now after getting nowhere. Pick 10 days in advance and see what happens – you never know. Stay away from the important games like TB, NYY, Boston, Phil and go with secondary teams or pick your home town team to win 10 days in a row.
It could happen (well maybe not in KC or Baltimore!)

schenk015, I don’t think Cano is all that risky, but I looked at his game log today — bored at work — and noticed a lot of his O-fer’s this year came after a day off, but I took Ich vs. Verlander, so I’m probably much higher on the Risk-O-Meter.

I am surprised @ lack of love for Pedroia today. He finally broke out of his slump yesterday. Only thing not matching perfect situation was that he does not hit RHP as well at night on the road.

I am surprised at love for Young and Suzuki. Young is on the road where he is not as hot and he has been way too hot.

I am sure all BTS veterans know the near impossibility of picking off day is what kills all of us. Actually, that and avoiding freak events (see Votto). Finding someone with perfect stats matching up is the easy part. Was it 2 days ago when everyone in the Twins line-up got a hit in the batting practive except Mauer? That happened to me so many times already.

I normally stay away from guys with extremely high averages against the opposing starter, because I feel the starter will pitch around them and even if they do not, it seems like they are due for an 0 for, to balance things out.

For example, even if Molina goes 0 for 4, he would still be hitting .556! against Garland.

I just can’t catch a break. I pick M Young and so far nothing. I pick him because of how well he’s done as of late and tonight 0-3. He will hopefully have 2 more AB’s and if he pulls an Alex Rios and gets a hit in his last AB, I’d be fine with that. Come on Young!!

I suck at Survivor yanksgiants as well. I picked the Reds as well. It was a good game but oh well. Once my picks are done in Survivor if I don’t get past 5 this time I’m done with Survivor. I should of picked Vlad in HR BTS and went with Drag but have Willingham. I should of picked Ortiz yesterday since he had hit a homer previously against that starter. But oh well and I would be at 3 in HR BTS right now if I would went that route. Young doubled in his 4th AB so I am good in BTS and up to 3. On to tomorrow now.

“I suck at Survivor yanksgiants as well. I picked the Reds as well. It was a good game but oh well. Once my picks are done in Survivor if I don’t get past 5 this time I’m done with Survivor. I should of picked Vlad in HR BTS and went with Drag but have Willingham. I should of picked Ortiz yesterday since he had hit a homer previously against that starter. But oh well and I would be at 3 in HR BTS right now if I would went that route. Young doubled in his 4th AB so I am good in BTS and up to 3. On to tomorrow now.”

But you have to remember that since BTS’ record is much higher, it is easier to “seem” like you are playing well.

Like look at the records: 49, 37, and 11.

I use those, since that tells you the difficulty of each contest, not what the MLB records are.

So a 5-game hit streak is as hard to get as a 4-game hit streak, which is as hard to get a sa 1-game HR streak.

NYY-MIN continues tomorrow. For those that had picks in that game, it’s like the rain tonight never happened; game just continues tomorrow where it left off tonight. Those with hits tonight are golden; those without gotta hope their players play & get a hit in that continuation game. Also, the suspended game is not like a “double header” for those that want to pick in the NYY-MIN night game tomorrow.

“1) In the event any Suspended Game(s) is subsequently completed within three (3) calendar days immediately following the date on which any such game(s) was suspended, for purposes of this Contest, all hits officially scored as hits for such Suspended Game(s) shall count as valid hits for the Game Day on which such Suspended Game(s) was originally scheduled.”

“1) In the event any Suspended Game(s) is subsequently completed within three (3) calendar days immediately following the date on which any such game(s) was suspended, for purposes of this Contest, all hits officially scored as hits for such Suspended Game(s) shall count as valid hits for the Game Day on which such Suspended Game(s) was originally scheduled.”

Regarding the suspended game NY-Minn I had Cano and on my results it has “DID NOT PLAY” So I can assume that even if Cano gets a hit later in the game it will not count…so as I see it it will go as 0-0 and will not end my streak…… any one got an answer on this one?

if your player was 0 for 2 through 6 innings.. your streak is done i hate to say it…. if you get a hit today from the same game it wont matter.. its whoever you picked today.. and if you picked cano today.. the first game wont count towards it… because its from a postponed game.

Example: A participant selects Dustin Pedroia to hit on the May 4th game that is suspended. Pedroia goes 0-for-2 in the first part of the game that is suspended on May 4th, but gets a hit in the portion of the Suspended Game that is resumed the next day, May 5th. In this case, although Pedroia’s hit took place on May 5th, for purposes of this Contest, the hit would count as a valid hit for May 4th, Game Day on which such Suspended Game(s) was originally scheduled.

So it seems if Mauer gets a hit in the resumed game it will count towards last night game.

Jeter already has a hit in last nights game, so I may pick him to get a hit today. Just worried about the length he may or may not play in the 2nd game.

So according to what you all are saying, I picked jeter last night so my streak goes to 21. But my wife picked mauer and in order for her to get to 21 mauer has to get a hit today!! and if he doesnt her streak is over??

bye.buy: It appears if Mauer gets a hit in the resumed game she lives another day. I would not pick him for the 2nd game since I don’t know how it would apply to the 2nd game if he goes 0-4 in the resumed game. Make since?

Jeter has a hit in the suspended game, so I may pick him for the 2nd game. Just not sure.. It may be better to avoid both teams in todays picks.

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